Cycles of Good and Bad under the Judges (
2:11–16:31
)
Pattern
Outline
Othniel
Ehud
Deborah
Gideon
Jephthah
Samson
Apostasy
2:11–13
3:7
3:12a
4:1
6:1a
10:6
13:1a
Servitude
2:14–15
3:8
3:12b–14
4:2
6:1b–6a
10:7–9
13:1b
Supplication and salvation
2:16–18
3:9–11
3:15–31
4:3–24
6:6b–8:28
11:1–33
13:24; 14:19; 15:14b–20